bookmania:

“As she read, at peace with the world and happy as only a little girl  could be with a fine book and a little bowl of candy, and all alone in  the house, the leaf shadows shifted and the afternoon passed.”     ―       Betty  Smith,            A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

bookmania:

“As she read, at peace with the world and happy as only a little girl could be with a fine book and a little bowl of candy, and all alone in the house, the leaf shadows shifted and the afternoon passed.” ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn